QUEZON CITY, April 29 (PIA) --- The Muntinlupa local government unit expanded the scope of personal information disclosure for patients who tested positive of COVID-19 as a mitigation measure to prevent the further spread of the virus in the City.
Mayor Jaime Fresnedi approved Ordinance 2020-094, amending the COVID-19 Public Health Information Ordinance, which provided a new list of personal information to be gathered from COVID-19 patients.
Under the local ordinance, the city government requires COVID-19 patients to provide their complete address which include name of purok and subdivision, name of their building in case residents living in condominiums, travel history, frequented locations, time of manifestations of symptoms, start and end of symptoms, and visited hospitals including private and public places.
COVID-19 patients are encouraged to cooperate with the local government and disclose accurate details to protect public safety and health.
Information gathered from patients will be used by Muntinlupa City Health Office for contact tracing. It will also enable the city government to advise people of the potential contagion of COVID-19 and issue a warning for residents living in affected areas with high risk of infection to limit their movement.
Confirmed, suspected, and probable cases in the city are encouraged to voluntarily submit themselves for identification to receive utmost protection from the local government therefore protecting public safety and public health. The local government assures the said cases will not be directly or indirectly identified by the public.
The local government also recently passed the Anti-Patient’s Dishonesty Ordinance of 2020 which aims to penalize dishonest COVID-19 patients who provide wrong personal information to health workers.
The public is advised to truthfully accomplish information data form, declaration or any similar document and disclose relevant information as may be asked by health workers, hospital employees, medical officers, or quarantine officers.
Violators shall be liable to pay a fine amounting to P5,000, community service for 30 days, and up to nine months of imprisonment. In case of inability to pay the fine, the offender shall be required to render an additional 30 days of community service or subsidiary imprisonment, at the discretion of the court. (PIO Muntinlupa/PIA-NCR)
Source: Philippines Information Agency (pia.gov.ph)
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